In the United States, a couple has been denied a chance to wed because they are simply Black.
The couple got the shock of their lives when the pastor at the church they attended told them the wedding they planned could not be held there because they are black.
Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson wedding was meant to take place july 20.
Pastor Stan Weatherford told the network there had never been a wedding for blacks at the First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, since it was opened in 1883.
The white congregation threatened to push for the Firing of the pastor if he dared wed the black couple at the church.
“My 9-year-old was going to the church with us. How would you say to your 9-year-old daughter, ‘We cannot get married here because, guess what sweetie, we’re black,’” Charles Wilson told ABC affiliate.
The bad news forced the couple to move their ceremony to another church where it was held July 21.
A resident in the area said, “That church was their home,” said local resident Theresa Norwood, 48.
“What would Jesus have done? He would have married them, without a doubt, because it’s the right thing to do. We’re all God’s children,” she said.
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